Maintenance - Multi-skilled Mechanic/Electrician

GKN Aerospace; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Bristol. This role focuses on optimizing maintenance operations and ensuring reliability in aerospace manufacturing. Successful candidates will engage in continuous improvement and maintenance planning within a modern facility dedicated to innovation in aircraft production.

Benefits

28% Shift allowance

Industry Leading Pension Scheme

Life Assurance 8 x salary

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Free onsite parking

Shopping discounts

Cycle To Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in Maintenance Engineering is essential.
• Multi-skilled with ability to learn new skills as required.
• Demonstrable engagement through Kaizen and Continuous Improvement.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for optimizing assets, procedures, and budgets.
• Conduct Risk assessments and support emergency response.
• Perform inspections and adjustments on equipment.

Skills

Maintenance Engineering

Working at Height

Confined Spaces

Continuous Improvement

LEAN Methodologies

Advanced Communication Skills

Fault Finding on Complex Systems

Education

Professional qualification in an Engineering discipline

IOSH/NEBOSH Certification

Job description

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers.

We are currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join us at our modern manufacturing facility in Western Approach. This site is an International Centre of Excellence in composite wing structure design and production, manufacturing composite wing spars and Fixed Trailing Edge assemblies for some of the world's most popular aircrafts.

The Maintenance Engineer will be accountable for applying engineering concepts for the optimization of assets, procedures and departmental budgets to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability. The function role includes safe working at all times, planning, managing and performing machinery and building asset care.

The successful applicant will work as part of a team of 4 maintenance engineers on a 7 day fortnight shift basis, inclusive of 28% shift allowance -

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday

How You'll Contribute

• Active member in department Risk assessments/SSOW creation & review,Emergency response & rescue disciplines (as directed)
• Active participant in identifying & maintaining compliance for all equipment & assets
• Active engagement with contractors, to include site ‘go to’ when required & permit to work support as needed
• Supporting operations & continuous improvements utilising tools such as Kaizen & autonomous maintenance
• Utilise CMMS/handovers & other available reporting tools to drive 100 year fix methodology with high level of detail & attention to accuracy
• Demonstrable customer focus, supporting OEE improvements & production uptime
• Active engagement & ability to identify & drive priority tasks/actions in absence of planner/manager
• Active participant in PPM creation & existing PPM review
• Conduct forensic and Root Cause Failure Analysis of asset failures with demonstrable fault finding on complex systems
• Active member of ‘one site’ ethos with support of wider functions to include Facilities when requirement arises due to PPM or breakdown activity
• Perform inspections of adjustments, parts, part replacements, overhauls, etc., for selected equipment
• Active engagement with proactive identification of spares required for maintenance activities
• ‘Can do’ approach to progressing core skills & additional learning opportunities in fields of maintenance/quality/safety/production & environmental, with attendance as directed/identified by maintenance management

What You'll Bring

To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and expertise/talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualification and attributes:

Essential:

• Experience in Maintenance Engineering
• Demonstrable experience in roles requiring aspects such as (but not limited to) working at Height & Confined Spaces
• Production facing role (appropriate ownership/urgency)
• Technical expertise in maintenance/facilities Engineering, with a professional qualification / background in engineering
• Demonstrable safety engagement with evidence to support
• Multi-skilled with ability to onboard new skills as required
• Experience of Continuous improvement and LEAN methodologies
• Demonstrable engagement through Kaizen
• Experience of working on complex technical projects in global organisations
• Advanced communication and influencing skills, with an ability to influence senior levels of the business as well as establish collaborative working relationships across different departments and geographies
• Clear, concise & appropriate technical detail for handovers & communication
• Proactive engagement & escalation to both onsite & offsite teams
• Fluent in English language, both written and spoken
• Formal Safety Training to include elements of response & rescue (if not in receipt of this aspect this will be a requirement of role & training provided)

Desirable:

• Professional qualification in an Engineering discipline
• IOSH/NEBOSH
• Apprenticeship in relevant discipline with demonstrable ‘hands on’ experience
• Experience working with a Lean Operating Model / Production System
• Lean or Six Sigma certification by a reputable certifying body or benchmark company
• Equipment/building maintenance experience within an industry requiring regulatory compliance
• A passion for the Aerospace industry
• Detailed knowledge of Maintenance Systems (CMMS)

What We'll Offer

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• A competitive salary dependent on experience
• 28% Shift allowance
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Free onsite parking, shopping discounts and a Cycle To Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We arethe place where human dreams, plus humanendeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.